My Father Told Us Stories. . ._经典赏析

My Father Told Us Stories. . .

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by Eula Biss

My father told us stories every night about strange little animals

that came out in the dark. When my father was away，

my mother read us fairy tales that always ended in marriage.

Sometimes， when I missed my father， I slept under my bed in

mourning¹ and the mice crawled² all around me.

I stand at the window of a bridal shop where huge dresses

hang ghostly in the dark. At the back is a collection of veils³

like a row of sleeping jellyfish. One whole wall of the shop is

a mass of white cloth. The wedding dresses are enormous⁴.

They are twice as big as me， and bigger than any woman on the street.

This is the year that everyone is trying to fly around the world

in a balloon. I don't know why.

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1 mourning
n.悲痛，哀悼；戴孝；服丧期
参考例句：
He was still mourning his brother's death. 他仍然在为哥哥的去世而悲伤。 The government announced a day of national mourning for the victims. 政府宣布全国为受害者哀悼一日。

2 crawled
v.爬( crawl的过去式和过去分词 )；（昆虫）爬行；缓慢行进；巴结
参考例句：
They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。 She crawled onto the river bank and lay there gulping in air. 她爬上河岸，躺在那里喘着粗气。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 veils
（绘画）层式法（在白色背景上涂一层薄而透明的油色，使，背景加染色彩，并能保持光泽的效果）；面纱( veil的名词复数 )；掩饰；覆盖物；薄薄的遮盖层
参考例句：
The women wore veils in deference to the customs of the country. 这些妇女戴着面纱是遵从这个国家的习俗。 In many Muslim countries, the women wear veils. 在许多穆斯林国家，妇女们蒙面纱。

4 enormous
adj.巨大的；庞大的
参考例句：
An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。 They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。